Role of nitric oxide in the effect of aging on spatial memory in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Noda, Yukihiro ^a   Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a   Nabeshima, Toshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase inhibitor; spatial memory

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0031080881     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)86060-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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